The company's breakthrough imaging solution, based on confocal microscopy, provides accurate and full margin control to surgeons in the operating room, enabling them to visualize cancerous cells on a surgical specimen immediately during surgery. Their Histolog® Scanner offers a direct support during cancer surgery to achieve the common goal of improving patient quality of life by decreasing rates of re-operation. SamanTree Medical SA was founded in December 2014 and is a spin-off of the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne).